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Service-Learning
As printed in the SPHS Curriculum Handbook, according to Sun Prairie Area School District School Board Policy IKF, students will participate in Service-Learning through required and elective courses at Sun Prairie High School. Specific activities will include community-based service-learning, will be considered to be part of the curriculum, will be aligned with the curriculum standards for the course, and will be assessed as part of the course.
Service-Learning Process
(from Sun Prairie Area School District Service-Learning Information & Project Guidelines, January 2006):
Student inquires with their teachers to find an approved project in their present class or in their Semester 2 class. Examples of required and elective courses with Service-Learning opportunities include:
- Advanced 3D Animation & Gaming
- Accounting
- Advanced Composition
- Chamber & Symphonic Strings
- AP Comparative Politics
- AP US Government
- All Foreign Language Classes
- Graphic Design
- Home Construction
- Legal Studies
- AS Psychology
- AP Psychology
- Sociology
Please note: This list is not exhaustive, but an example of the variety of options that exist.
- Student completes the Service-Learning the project.
- Student reflection – As part of meeting the service-learning requirement, students must reflect on their experience. This may be done through one of the following, as assigned by teacher:
- Journal
- Facilitated classroom discussion
- Presentation
- Letter to the editor, or opinion article
- Scrapbook or photo collage
- Bulletin board display
- Video or PowerPoint presentation
- Student verifies with teacher that their project has been documentated(the classroom teacher must provide documentation containing the names of students meeting the goals of the service-learning project).
How will the teacher assess the service experience? Teachers may consider:
- Performance/presentation
- Demonstration of having met established goals
- Report from the community partner
- Classroom discussion focused on identified learning goals
- Student survey
See Service-Learning Rubric on page 6 of the Sun Prairie Area School District Service-Learning Information & Project Guidelines, January 2006
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